Boston’s Best Hip-Hop Songs: An Introduction Jon Simmons November 26, 2014hich is it, that Boston has no hip-hop scene, or that it hasn’t been discovered yet? The answer depends on who...
Local Spotlight: Bakari J.B. Jon Simmons October 29, 2014here came a point when they became too much to handle, and he had to reel them in. That is,...
Follow-the-Leader Funk: Eight Feet Tall Jon Simmons October 9, 2014ypically, you don’t want something that is eight feet tall in front of you at a concert: a post, a...
Local Spotlight: Viva La Hop Jon Simmons September 29, 2014Viva La Hop band name \ˈviːvə ˈlɑ hɑːp\ 1Long live hip-hop 2Long live the hop In the era of the...
Interview: Deacon the Villain of CunninLynguists Jon Simmons September 24, 2014ove it or hate it, a name like CunninLynguists sticks with you. The three-man rap group has put out multiple studio...
Listen Local: 5 Hip-Hop Tracks to Put Boston on the Map Jon Simmons September 16, 2014Chicago: Kanye, Lupe Fiasco, Common… Way too many to list Los Angeles: Dr. Dre, Snoop, Kendrick Lamar… Way too many to list New York:...
Local Spotlight: Cam Meekins Caroline Hart August 28, 2014Boston-based hip-hop artist and producer Cam Meekins is ambitious and humble, with an eye toward improving how his generation approaches...
Hazy Beats: Hieroglyphics Jon Simmons August 27, 2014Are you a lady? Do you like smoking weed? If you answered “Yes!” to both of those questions, you were...
Album Review: STL GLD (Moe Pope & The Arcitype) – My Monday Morning Music Jon Simmons August 13, 2014There’s a new Pope! In My Monday Morning Music, rapper Moe Pope’s new album, the two-time Boston Music Award winner...
Album Review: REKS & Hazardis Soundz – Eyes Watching God Jon Simmons July 30, 2014Mass-native REKS is out with a concept album—pitting good against evil—mediating between God and the Devil. On this highly political...
